A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Villalba in Puerto Rico. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 36 km (22 miles). The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:25:58 / 4:25 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/09/15 / 2015-09-08 20:25:58 / September 8, 2015 @ 8:25 pm. Event id: pr15251008. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15251008. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.4858 West, latitude 18.2226 North, depth = 36 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 48 km (30 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Aguada, Puerto Real, Aguadilla (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 10 km N of Villalba, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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